When I saw a new book out called ‘Fat Cow, Fat Chance’ and it was by Jenni Murray, I knew I had to take notice!

The journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour until last year, manages to pull off both an intimate portrayal of a women challenged by a body shape that has yoyo’d throughout her life and a very informative look at why diets don’t work.

Whilst the book is about the science and psychology of body shape it’s also an intimate perspective on the relationship we have with our bodies  - the continual dieting, trying keeping weight off and people not realising that body shaming is not just incredibly cruel, but it just doesn’t work.

I love that it's a mix of very personal story that I think many of us, if not all at some point in our lives, can relate to and really useful technical information about eating habits

Shocked into doing something by a comment her son made about her mobility, Jenni decided to stop hiding away her size and putting on an Oscar performance that size didn’t matter, and went in search of a solution.